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Dan Rather announced yesterday that he would step down next year as anchor and managing editor of ''CBS Evening News.'' The move came two months after he acknowledged fundamental flaws in a broadcast report that raised questions about President Bush's National Guard service.

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National Desk

Vice President Bush and Dan Rather of CBS News shouted at each other yesterday in a combative, live interview. Pointed questions about Mr. Bush's role in the Iran-contra affair brought a forceful response; the Vice President accused CBS of misrepresentation in obtaining the interview.

December 7, 2014, Sunday

One biographer called him America's "most peculiar and haunted of presidents." But for all his personal ghosts, Richard Nixon made perhaps the most important presidential trip in history. Forty years ago next week, he went to China.

November 17, 2008, Monday

Add Dan Rather to the list of those who have made that dreaded political gaffe when discussing Senator Barack Obama. On Friday, while appearing on ''Morning Joe'' on MSNBC, Mr. Rather, the former CBS News anchor who is now managing editor of...

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An excerpt from "Dan Rather Reports" on HDNet about the phenomenon of Afghan families who disguise their daughters as sons. The show airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET. For more information, go to "Dan Rather Reports" on Facebook and iTunes.